ProMASS News Bureau: Feb 19, 2016:
The Centre has sanctioned construction of around eighty two thousand houses for economically weaker sections in urban areas of 163 cities. The cities are in West Bengal, Telangana, Bihar, Mizoram, Rajashtan, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand. According to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, construction of houses will involve an investment of over four thousand crore rupees. Of the total cost, the Centre will provide an assistance of Rs 1,226 crore.
The construction of nearly 28 thousand houses have been sanctioned in West Bengal followed by around 23 thousand in Telangana and over 13 thousand in Bihar. Of the total houses, 58,456 houses will be built under the ‘Beneficary Led Construction’ component. The rest of the houses will be built under the Affordable Housing in Partnership’ component under which state governments will provide land and the central government will give an assistance of Rs 1.50 lakh to each beneficiary. With this decision, the Government has so far sanctioned over five lakh houses in different states. Under the Yojana, the government has targeted assisting construction of 2 crore houses for urban poor in the country.
